Blogs

We have fantastic news to share with you! The highly acclaimed Castabroad Collective team will be joining us at the upcoming Scottish Game Fair on the main ring. 

Highland Game is celebrating 25 years of supplying the very best quality accredited Wild Venison from the natural wilderness of our Scottish glens and forests.

Aim to Sustain including GWCT as scientific advisors to the partnership, has written to the Secretary of State Thérèse Coffey calling for an urgent review of GL43, the gamebird releasing General Licence for protected sites and their buffers.

“All wildlife benefits from….” my heart sinks every time I hear those words, because they are invariably wrong. They are usually followed with the word gamekeeping, or shooting, and whichever is chosen the resulting sweeping statement reveals a degree of fundamental ignorance about the impact of game management that our opponents see straight through.

The GWCT Scottish Game Fair is looking forward to welcoming GWCT members and visitors from all over the world to experience one of the most exciting, diverse and atmospheric celebrations of the countryside and conservation.

Further to yesterday’s blog, Defra has now published GL43, the general licence that permits the release of gamebirds on or within a 500m buffer zone of certain protected sites in England.

While many spent their Bank Holiday relaxing with family, Dr Nick Hesford, a senior advisor for Scotland's Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), set himself something more challenging. In under 48 hours, he hiked the 96-mile route along the West Highland Way to raise money for a local charity providing a vital service to families.

Defra wrote to GWCT yesterday afternoon (30^th May 2023) about GL43 - the General Licence which permits the release and management of gamebirds on and near European Protected sites which expired at 8.30 am today.

Nationally and globally, the abundance and species diversity of wildlife has declined over the past decades. In Farming with the Environment, I describe the steps we have taken to reverse this decline through the development of practical evidence-based habitat creation and management.

We have four Shoot Raffles ending soon and tickets are starting to sell out. Don't miss your chance to win an incredible shooting experience for you and your friends whilst supporting our vital conservation efforts.